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"I thought she was playin'," the tow truck driver told deputies. She wasn't. However, she was New York-bound and dtermined to get there. The tow truck operator responded to a call to help a stranded motorist on Thursday morning when her rental car broke down on I-95 near Ormond Beach, according to a news release from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. When the woman asked the tow truck driver if her could take her to New York, the driver told her that he couldn't drive that far. So she then asked if she could take his yellow flatbed truck to New York, according to the report.

Investigators learned Scott Thorpe, 38, was spotted in the 900 block of North Andrews Avenue during the day, and they quickly searched the area and arrested Thorpe as he stepped out of a house nearby in the 600 block of Northeast First Avenue, officials said. Authorities on Thursday arrested a man they say was wanted in New York on charges that include attempted murder and kidnapping. Investigators learned Scott Thorpe, 38, was spotted in the 900 block of North Andrews Avenue during the day, and they quickly searched the area and arrested Thorpe as he stepped out of a house nearby in the 600 block of Northeast First Avenue, officials said.

A former Sunrise day care operator and her daughter, indicted in Broward on Wednesday for the death of a 4-year-old boy in their care, have been arrested in New York, where investigators were shocked to find them operating another day care center, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Cecily Roberts, 43, and Camille Gordon, 20, were arrested around 7 a.m. Friday in Brooklyn, where they await extradition to Florida, the Sheriff's Office said. A banner outside their residence in New York advertised L.R. Academy as offering 24-hour care for children 6 months to 12 years old. The website states: "L.R.

NEW YORK -- The New York Mets, completing an October of magical comebacks, rallied behind Ray Knight`s tie-breaking homer in the seventh inning Monday night for an 8-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox and their first World Series title in 17 years. The victory was the 116th for the Mets this year. Only the 1906 Chicago Cubs, who won 118, won more -- and they did not win the World Series that year. The Mets` final victory typified a year in which they rallied from behind 39 times to win in the regular season, but they had to prove their mettle as never before in October.

MIAMI - It's a little thing, a detail, but the quest for excellence is found in issues big and small, and Shane Battier noticed it his first Heat practice. This was three seasons ago, and at the anointed starting time all his new teammates' shoes were laced, shirts tucked in and knee braces on. "You'd be surprised how few teams are like that in the NBA," Battier said. "Usually at the start of an NBA practice, guys are shooting half-court shots, messing around, not really ready. Here there's a culture of discipline.

When you run your own restaurant and bake and market 12 flavors of mouth-watering chocolate brownies, the temptations are understandable. Jamie Gulden can afford to indulge in a few extra calories and sample her own confections now and then. When her work day is done at Set the Table, the café she runs in Boca Raton, Gulden replaces her apron with workout clothes and trains for triathlons. "I try not to dabble too much, but I don't feel so bad if I have one," Gulden said of the brownies, which are a variation of the ones her grandmother Sarah used to send her when she was in college at Syracuse.

Readers who remember the Catskill Mountains resort hotels and bungalows, and the Borscht Belt comedians who learned their craft there, will love the film "When Comedy Went to School," which opens in South Florida theaters on Feb. 14. The 77 minute film is a sentimental and nostalgic homage to the great comedians of the latter half of the 20th century, familiar names like Sid Caesar, Jerry Lewis, Buddy Hackett, Mel Brooks, Jackie Mason and Jerry...

Most of the FCAT will be replaced next year by exams that will rely less on multiple-choice questions and require students to write, show their work and display "higher-order thinking skills," the Florida Department of Education announced recently. The new, unnamed test will be aligned to new Common Core academic standards. Its exams are meant to be tougher than FCAT. They will rely less on multiple-choice questions - the backbone of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test - and more on "authentic" work, with students asked to create graphs and compare texts, the state Education Department said.

The first batch of South Florida-based flight attendants for Norwegian Air Shuttle received their "wings" this week in a ceremony that signaled 'lift off' for the Scandinavian low-cost carrier's new Fort Lauderdale crew base. Among the 70 flight attendants that graduated Wednesday were Valentin Lorien, 32 and Bill Hennessey, 42. Both experienced flight attendants said they saw the chance to work with Norwegian Air as an exciting new opportunity. "Norwegian offers a new type of flying and new aircraft," said Lorien, referring to the carrier's long-haul routes between the U.S. and Scandinavia operated with Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Brazil's third-largest carrier could touch down in Fort Lauderdale before the end of the year. Azul Brazilian Airlines plans to start new nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and Sao Paulo/Campinas airports in early December providing it receives regulatory approval from Brazil and U.S. authorities soon, CEO and founder David Neeleman said Friday. Service to Orlando also would begin later that month as part of Azul's planned U.S. launch, Neeleman said.